HARRISBURG, PA.—U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday marked his 100th day in office by claiming historic action on his agenda, renewing promises on health care and taxes and attacking the news media for misleading Americans.In his morning radio address Trump issued an assurance: “My only allegiance is to you, our wonderful citizens.†To supporters at an evening rally in Pennsylvania, he promoted American power and patriotism while emphasizing such priorities as American manufacturing, better trade deals, a border wall with Mexico and a still-to-be defined tax cut plan.“We are not going to let other countries take advantage of us anymore,†he said in Harrisburg at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center. “From now on it`s going to be America first.â€Read the latest on U.S. President Donald TrumpTrump`s 100th day events were set in a politically important state that he won with 48 per cent of the vote. It was the first time Pennsylvania had voted for a Republican presidential candidate since George H.W. Bush in 1988.Trump visited the AMES Companies in Pennsylvania`s Cumberland County, a shovel manufacturer since 1774. With that backdrop he signed an executive order directing the Commerce Department and the U.S. trade representative to conduct a study of U.S. trade agreements. The goal is to determine whether America is being treated fairly by its trading partners and the 164-nation World Trade Organization.Trump`s rally Saturday night in Harrisburg offered a familiar recapitulation of what he and aides have argued for days are administration successes, including the successful nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, his Cabinet choices and the approval of construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.Read more: Donald Trump’s 100-day gong show mostly plays by the rulesBut the president began the rally on a sour note, pointing out that he was not attending that night`s White House Corresponden ...
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